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1950 NEW ZEALAND

PRISONS (REPORT ON) FOR THE YEAR 1949-50

Presented to Both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

The Hon. the Minister of Justice to His Excellency the Governor-General Wellington, 17th October, 1950. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Controller-General on the prisons and Borstal institutions of the Dominion for the year 1949-50* I have, &c, T. Clifton We in;, Minister of Justice.

The Acting Controller-General of Prisons to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. .1. I have the honour to present the annual report for the Prisons Department for the financial year ended 31st March, 1950. Incorporated in the report are the criminal statistics for the year ended 31st December, 1949. 2. Reports for the year ended 31st December, 1949, by the Controlling Officers of the various prisons, reformatories, prison camps, and Borstal institutions are printed as an appendix to this report (see Appendix A). These reports outline in some detail the work which is being carried out in the endeavour to implement the policy of providing training and useful occupation for all persons placed in the Department's custody. A careful review of existing facilities is being made, and it is hoped that by improvements to these there may be better reformative results.